The Georgia Department of Transportation has scheduled a temporary ramp closure from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 16 eastbound off ramp Exit 164B for guardrail repairs.

This ramp closure will only affect I-16 eastbound traffic exiting to I-516 West. I-16 eastbound traffic from I-95 will have to use Exit 166 (Gwinnett Street exit) to access I-516 westbound.

Detour routes are:

• Motorists should continue past I-16/I-516 interchange travel approximately two miles and take Exit 166 at Gwinnett Street exit; turn left on Gwinnett Street; turn left on to I-16 westbound; travel approximately two miles to I-516 West interchange.

Marshals catch fugitive

A Savannah man who has fled capture since 2009 last week was arrested in Florida by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and a sister task force in Florida.

Gerald Wayne Poulin, 67, had been sought since he violated his supervised release term in August 2009, Deputy U.S. Marshal Tommy Long said in a press release Monday.

He was originally convicted for counterfeiting with intent to defraud in 2004, then escaped from a halfway house in 2006, Long said.

After a two-month investigation, he was arrested in Jacksonville, his release was revoked and he was returned to prison, Long said. He was again released on supervised release in 2008 and went on the run the following year, Long said.

An intensive investigation over the last two and a half years ended when a deputy marshal uncovered a fake South Carolina driver’s license Poulin used when stopped by authorities in Florida.

Officials found a new address associated with Poulin in Florida and task force members found Poulin in the living room of a home and arrested him without incident, Long said.

A white Toyota pick up truck found at the residence was identified as the same vehicle Poulin had when he left Savannah in 2009 and Savannah-Chatham police are charging him with theft by conversation of the truck and St. John’s County, Fla. Sheriff’s Department officials are charging him with possession of a stolen vehicle, Long said.

Inmate found dead

An inmate at the Effingham County Jail was found dead at about 1 a.m. Monday.

A detention officer found Carol Michelle Mckuhen, 38, of Statesboro, unresponsive in her jail cell, Effingham County Sheriff’s spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.

“That is standard protocol with any inmate death that occurs in custody,” Ehsanipoor said. The sheriff’s office also was involved in the investigation.

Mckuhen was under the medical care of the jail’s health care provider, Transform Health, Ehsanipoor said.

An autopsy was scheduled at the GBI crime lab in Savannah.

Mckuhen was being held for a probation violation, was the only occupant of the cell and had been at the jail since Jan. 23, Ehsanipoor said.

Citizens Police Academy starts soon

Classes for the spring session of the Savannah-Chatham police department’s Citizens Police Academy start Feb. 9. Participants in the 13-week program meet officers from each unit of the agency and learn about the ins and outs of their jobs.

“It’s a school, as it were, for citizens who want to learn more about the police department,” said Savannah-Chatham police spokesman Julian Miller.

“You see the police department from the inside out,” he said.

Participants get to ride along in police cars, and in the past have toured the Chatham County Jail and the Regional Youth Detention Center.

There are 35 slots in the class, and 10 were left as of Monday. Registration costs $10, and those interested can sign up at any metro police precinct through Feb. 3. The class meets Thursday nights from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Savannah-Chatham police squad room at 201 Habersham St. Applications can be picked up at precincts or found online at scmpd.org.